For a meal that often consists of coffee and cold cereal, a hot sandwich layered with gooey cheese and soft eggs feels indulgent. I say: Indulge away. And I've got seven delicious options for doing just that.

After all, it's week three of National Sandwich Month, and no meal — especially one as important as breakfast — should be overlooked.

Dad's Breakfast Sandwich — Artisan Eatery

My dad would scoff at this sandwich. Avocado? For breakfast? Pffft. But Chef Tim Yoa isn't most dads. Yoa puts his classically trained touch on this seemingly simple sandwich, starting with a local egg cooked till perfectly runny. He adds good bacon, aged cheddar and, yes, all that luscious avocado that's supposedly bankrupting the millennial generation. White bread — toasted, buttery and just old-school enough to work — finishes things, leaving you with a filling, well-made classic that still feels fresh.

Dad's Breakfast Sandwich from Artisan Eatery in south Fort Myers, is made with a local egg, avocado, bacon and aged cheddar on toasted white bread.(Photo: Courtesy Artisan Eatery)

The Special — Heavenly Biscuit

When I think of local breakfast sandwiches, this is always my mind's first stop. Why? It's the buttery crumble of the biscuit, the chew of the bacon, the goo of the cheese, the egg, the thick slice of tomato that's always bright red and perfectly juicy. Put it all together and you've got a breakfast sandwich that's worth a trip to the beach. One that's worth the long lines in season, worth the cash-only register, worth the extra calories and the post-sandwich belly that tells every other beach-goer you started your day right.

The Special is one of JLB's all-time favorites from Heavenly Biscuit on Fort Myers Beach.(Photo: The News-Press file photo)

Pastrami & Swiss bagel — Stuff A Bagel

Is pastrami and Swiss technically a breakfast sandwich? Put it on a bagel and I say: heck yes. Put it on Stuff A Bagel's scratch-made pumpernickel bagel, the not-too-giant one with the glossy crust and tender chew, and that becomes a hell yes. Add on a rack of New York Post newspapers, a guy named Sharkey bantering with the cashier at the counter, and pictures of Lady Liberty on the walls and, well, fuhgeddaboudit.

A pastrami melt on a pumpernickel bagel from the Stuff-A-Bagel on Milton Street in Cape Coral.(Photo: Special to The News-Press)

Gateway Honey Hot — Skinny Dogz

The menu calls this delicious concoction a "biscuit Benedict." I see it more like an open-faced biscuit sandwich, piled with all the things I love most in this world. Chef-owner Gregg Buell splits his hand-made biscuits in half, then piles each side with his slow-braised collard greens, Gruyere and fried chicken breasts soaked in chili-infused honey. A pair of fried eggs, cooked just as ordered, are the crowning touch, spilling their golden yolks down through everything else. You can't pick this sandwich up, but that won't slow you down.

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The genius of Skinny Dogz gets more and more obvious with each dish. Take the Gateway Honey Hot Benedict: a biscuit topped with collard greens, fried chicken drizzled in spicy honey, Gruyere and two eggs. Special to The News-Press

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Seriously!?! Wafflewich — Bullig Coffee & Bites

My first taste of this 1-month-old downtown Fort Myers breakfast-lunch joint came in the form of the Seriously!?!, an aptly named sandwich crafted with thin, sugar-dusted waffles in lieu of bread. Bullig's owner Sabrina Schoellchen stuffs her Seriously!?! with fresh raspberries, Nutella and brie, toasting it all together until the brie becomes a gooey-savory counterpoint to the gooey-sweetness of the Nutella. The raspberries add tang and brightness, making every bite as addicting as the last. Seriously!?! Seriously.

The Seriously!?! Wafflewich from Bullig Coffee & Bites features Nutella, brie and fresh raspberries.(Photo: Special to The News-Press)

Greenpeace — Tuckaway

Amid all the fatty meatiness of this list, Tuckaway's Greenpeace bagel is a vegetable-laden respite that easily holds its own. This combination of avocado, tomato and frilly sprouts offers a bounty of textures. Cream cheese and provolone anchor the sandwich, while a swoosh of horseradish cream ties the lot together. It's fresh, it's healthy, but most importantly it's good.

Pork roll bagel — Straight From New York Bagels

This place knows all my weak spots. Like house-boiled and house-baked jalapeno bagels with a muted spice that leaves my lips tingling. Or an egg and cheese bagel that's about as good as a breakfast sandwich can be — pure, weak-in-the-knees comfort. Add on some chewy-crisp bacon or Jersey-inspired slices of pork roll and I go to jelly; a carb-induced stupor that's so very worth it.

An everything bagel with pork roll, egg and cheese from the Straight From New York Bagels in Bonita Springs.(Photo: Straight From New York Bagels)

Jean Le Boeuf is the pseudonym used by a local food lover who dines at restaurants anonymously and without warning, with meals paid for by The News-Press. Follow the critic at facebook.com/jeanleboeufswfl or @JeanLeBoeuf on Twitter and Instagram.